How to Call Python in an Execute Shell Script Action

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I have a code works well in Python IDLE (the code is for write info to docx).

I want run these code in shell script of KM, how can I call Python in shell script macro? I search many ways, but no one works.

Here is the Python code:

from docx import Document
from docx.shared import Inches
document = Document()
p = document.add_paragraph('Picture bullet section', 'List Bullet')
p = p.insert_paragraph_before('')
r = p.add_run()
r.add_picture("/Users/som/Desktop/aaass.jpg")
<docx.shape.InlineShape object at 0x107fbb8e0>
p = p.insert_paragraph_before('My picture title', 'Heading 1')
document.save('demo_better.docx')
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https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/action/Execute_a_Shell_Script#Path_in_Shell_Scripts

I use an action like this to set mine, but you can manually do it as well.

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And then call python like normally at the head of your script.

#!/usr/bin/env python
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Thanks for your reply, here is my mine, do you know where is wrong?

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I'm not a python expert, but the way I was able to import python modules so they work in keyboard maestro's shell environment is by adding the following lines:

import sys
sys.path.append('<PathToPythonModule>')
5

Check your actual $PATH differences between the Terminal and KM.

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Don't call python (you don't have installed or aliased, hence the "not found"), call python3 instead.

So the first line of your main script should be

#!/usr/bin/env python3
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